FIA confirms 20-race F1 2017 calendar, no Baku/Le Mans clash

The FIA has confirmed the official 20-race 2017 Formula 1 calendar, which avoids this year’s Baku/24 Hours of Le Mans clash.

F1’s first race weekend in Azerbaijan took place at the same time as the 24-hour endurance event and the initial 2017 calendar draft overlapped the two once again.

But a number of schedule changes mean that now won’t be the case next year.

The 2017 F1 calendar will fall to 20 races after the removal of the German Grand Prix, with the Azerbaijan round being moved to one week later.

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Races in Austria and Britain have been pushed back by a week, meaning Silverstone’s F1 visit clashes with the Formula E in New York.

Singapore has switched back with Malaysia to become a stand-alone race, rather than a back-to-back with Japan.

The Hungarian GP has been moved one week further forward, while Mexico has been pushed back by seven days to reclaim its spot as back-to-back with the USA (rather than Brazil).

Meanwhile the previously “subject to confirmation” tag for Canada and Brazil has been dropped.

F1 will kick off in 2017 with the Australian GP on the 26 March, concluding on the 26 November in Abu Dhabi.

2017 F1 schedule:

Australian Grand Prix – March 26

Chinese Grand Prix – April 9

Bahrain Grand Prix – April 16

Russian Grand Prix – April 30

Spanish Grand Prix – May 14

Monaco Grand Prix – May 28

Canadian Grand Prix – June 11

European Grand Prix – June 25

Austrian Grand Prix – July 9

British Grand Prix – July 16

Hungarian Grand Prix – July 30

Belgian Grand Prix – August 27

Italian Grand Prix – September 3

Singapore Grand Prix – September 17

Malaysian Grand Prix – October 1

Japanese Grand Prix – October 8

United States Grand Prix – October 22

Mexican Grand Prix – October 29

Brazilian Grand Prix – November 12

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – November 26